linage

or line·age

[ lahy-nij ]

noun

1. the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
2. the amount charged, paid, or received per printed line, as of a magazine article or short story.
3. Archaic. alignment.

linage

/ ˈlaɪnɪdʒ /

noun

1. the number of lines in a piece of written or printed matter
2. payment for written material calculated according to the number of lines
3. See alignment
   a less common word for alignment

Word History and Origins

Origin of linage¹

First recorded in 1880–85; line ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

Our vncle was not the tutor and preseruer of our stocke and linage, but the confounder & destroier of our bloud and progenie.

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And yet saith this Pamphilus, moreover, that they that are bond and thrall of linage should be made worthy and noble by riches.

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Which marriage the king had motioned for the affection which he bare towards the aduancement of his linage, by the mothers side.

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And within fewe dayes after, all the whole linage of those dead persons did follow the same way, and not one escaped.

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Venus without doubt is mankind, which is continued by venereall propagation of linage.

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